We may have some battles with Denver when they try to take water the Front range outside of the third congressional district, but we can be united in coming together and making sure that Our down basin cousins in the Colorado river basin, who are using way in excess of the 7.5 million acre feet that they're allocated under the Colorado River Compact every year, that they're living within their compact obligations. that is absolutely something that we need to make sure that we are combined as a congressional delegation, as a state, and as upper basin states as well. (37:16–37:29)
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Asserts that the lower basin states are using more than their allocated 7.5 million acre-feet of water under the Colorado River Compact.
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